I am interested in the experience of anyone who has sailed a 240 with the large crusing spinaker. I am thinking it would add speed and excitement at 6-8knots of wind and would make sailing in 4-6 possible. Steve
Crusing Spinaker on a 240
- Thread starter Steve Simminger
- Start date
- Status
I use a drifter on my 23.5
My boat is simliar but I use a starcut nylon drifter for better windward ability.
My boat is simliar but I use a starcut nylon drifter for better windward ability.
Where did you get that drifter?
I've been to several web sites and all they show are the main, genoa (standard white) and spinnaker.
I've been to several web sites and all they show are the main, genoa (standard white) and spinnaker.
Drifter
I had Eric Jon make it. He makes them from materials from Sailrite. He is a part time sailmaker that hangs out on trailersailor.com. His work is excellent and he'll work with sailrite to design the right sail for your boat. Many other sailmakers just want to sell the designs they already can make easily. They don't want to do anything special because it takes more time to design it. EJ does this for the love of the craft so he likes doing the little extra that makes a sail excellent. A nylon drifter uses your standard jib halyard and requires not extra gear. It is usable on all points of sail so I feel it is a lot better choice than a spinnaker for less money. Of course to get the full benefit from any head sail your should set you boat up with a whisker pole. Not having a whisker pole is like running on three cylinders when you are going down wind.
I had Eric Jon make it. He makes them from materials from Sailrite. He is a part time sailmaker that hangs out on trailersailor.com. His work is excellent and he'll work with sailrite to design the right sail for your boat. Many other sailmakers just want to sell the designs they already can make easily. They don't want to do anything special because it takes more time to design it. EJ does this for the love of the craft so he likes doing the little extra that makes a sail excellent. A nylon drifter uses your standard jib halyard and requires not extra gear. It is usable on all points of sail so I feel it is a lot better choice than a spinnaker for less money. Of course to get the full benefit from any head sail your should set you boat up with a whisker pole. Not having a whisker pole is like running on three cylinders when you are going down wind.
Frank/B Noble
Can you use a drifter if you've got roller furling? Do you have to install an additional forestay, or hoist up the roller furling track?
Can you use a drifter if you've got roller furling? Do you have to install an additional forestay, or hoist up the roller furling track?
Drifter
So, how do you setup the Drifter? Is it like a Spinnaker, or does it hank on to the forestay? I have a roller furler. Can the drifter be used with roller furling.?
So, how do you setup the Drifter? Is it like a Spinnaker, or does it hank on to the forestay? I have a roller furler. Can the drifter be used with roller furling.?
Roller furling with drifter
My drifter does not have any hanks so I fly it free by attaching it at the deck and hauling it with the jib halyard. If you have roller furling some types free up the jib halyard for other uses. If so just hook on the head 0of the drifter and haul it up. Other type of rf units keep the jib halyard in use so you'll need to attach another halyard to raise the drifter. Some drifters come with four or five plastic hanks to attach to the forestay for better up wind performance. If you have roller furling and only one forestay you don't need these hanks.
My drifter does not have any hanks so I fly it free by attaching it at the deck and hauling it with the jib halyard. If you have roller furling some types free up the jib halyard for other uses. If so just hook on the head 0of the drifter and haul it up. Other type of rf units keep the jib halyard in use so you'll need to attach another halyard to raise the drifter. Some drifters come with four or five plastic hanks to attach to the forestay for better up wind performance. If you have roller furling and only one forestay you don't need these hanks.
- Status